This is a new project i just started working on, inspired by various concatenations, organic/mechanic, water/air, rigid/bending. STill needs lots of detail and working on, but id like to have some input for colors, maybe some background elements, if i sholud vectorize it or leave the sketchy style(which i like) or any other suggestion anyone has, so i can direct better my work on this piece.

Had some spare time to work on v2, for this one i took time to pick the colors better, reworked the rocket-part shading, gave more enphasis to the "eye", and added some textureFOR NO FUCKING REASON AT ALL!!!, just tought it might look more aesthetically interesting with texture, though i'm not sure about it in the rocket-part, please gimme feedback, its all welcome.

The first of my suid's friends, hope tomorrow i can continue the work on the squid or another char, suggestions still well received

My last thumbnail didnt drew much attention to my design, so i resubbed in hope of more feedback,hope this does better, very probably ill be adding 2 more support characters by tomorrow, suggest away!!

nothing?

whats gonna be the placement on the tee?
looking forward to the other characters.

i really like the concept. "to the stars". from the depths to the heights. your illustrations have a great look, and i think it would be cool if you added some space elements in the next version.

space elements like?

stars, distant planets, satellites, shooting stars, etc. but give them an underwater twist as well.

Those sea fuckers are hard to fit in an astronaut helmet, tried crabs, starfish, eels, lobsters, clams, shrimps so far; i added 2 new ones, i think the seahorse is a keeper, about the new fish how would you like it to be a machinefish instead of astronaut fish? ill work on that and post it as soon as im done, suggest on!!!

Idea! This may be difficult to pull off, but how about adding some "stars" in the background that are actually angler fish?

These are lovely, love those colours too. I'd buy it for my little brother as I can't go on buying for myself...

this is sort of piggybacking off DorianMode, but what if you make the stars look like starfish? detailed and emitting light.

you could have starfish and an anglerfish. and make the anglerfish's lure glow in the dark. but that might look wierd since its the only thing that glows

Astronaut fish vs machien fish, which do you pick? the winner will be facing machine angler fish, keep the feedback coming!!

I like astronaut fish.

mmm, i dont know, maybe i didnt explained it right, just the two big fishes are competing first fish and sehorse stay as astronauts, just tought a little variety could help, but if you still prefer the astronaut its 1-0 then

I don't know, I just think the astronaut fish are better in general. You should probably wait for more opinions.

I think the astronaut is a stronger design and if it will be facing a machine angler then it's doubley better for the variety.

Astronaut!

Although I'm incredibly tired of astronauts with guitars or boomboxes or whatbeit being submitted to the contests, I would very much enjoy to see an astronaut fish.

Thank god for you.

mmm so far the machines are losing ground

come on! machine or astronaut, anyone else? oh and thanks amoeba ;D

no one else?

ANGLERMECHAFUCKINGFISH!!! i know the shading needs some work, ill get to it if people like it, so?

I think you need more yellow/gold... maybe the fins of the fish, or something.. i like the design tho..

I think the anglerfish's lure thing (esca, according to wikipidea) would look better if it were a bit longer and curved more.

definitely needs to be longer and maybe even make it lighter to make it seem like theres an actual light.,,

Superglow, maybe?

Well since the astrnauts seem to be more popular than the machines for most people heres an astronaut version of the angler, comments?

Actually, I'd go with a machine angler. It makes it more "alien," as if the other fish are venturing down to new, strange depths.

im interested to see how these would be placed on a shirt. i like the concept and your painting style.

any preference on mechanic or astronauts?

im working on placement and general composition once i decide which characters stay

I really like where this is going. Looks like a shirt I would buy! I like the texture you did in version two BTW.

any thoughts on mechanical against astronaut?

why not use both? i like them together.

for me it's astronaut 100%. they're both good, but there's something a little more surreal and interesting about the astronaut fish - possibly because it looks like it could be a deep sea diver's outfit as well, which is cool!

im working in composition as soon as i get time, no more commentson the characters for now?

astronauts good for me, especially if maybe somehow he has his mouth open to eat another small space fish but can't as he has his helmet on....

i'd not use just the astronauts, because of the deep sea divers feeling. combined with the mechanical ones it adds extra oddness, which i like.

el de carne

i think ill be working on composition tonight, any feedback in between is apreciated =P

Well, here is my first attempt at placement, all opinions welcomed, i know the drawing still need detailing (colors are bleeding) and i still need to work the texture, ill be working on that hopefully tomorrow, if not till next week; anyways id like to have some feedback on placement for the moment

nothing?

This way it looks quite static. Lose the moon thing. I think it would be a good idea to use different sizes of fish, and more fish, sort of like in the previous version. I don't think you need anything on the back.

I think it mite be nice with just the fish as they are and lose moon and octoroket, nice style

I love the art here. With the placement, however, the particular elements seem kind of disconnected, and, well, just sitting there. Maybe hold them together by putting some stars in the background?

thanks man, i was thinking about a constellation with some sea theme, still gotta figure it out though, any suggestion on placement, with the characters in prev versions? im really not thinking straight these days, overwhelmed by work and school, so any suggestions help

Take a look at your previous version, play a little with where the characters are (not ro much), and their size. Don't think you will need much more. Creates a lot of depth if you use 2 (?) big fish in the foreground and more in the back like you did in the last version.

damn, actually prevous versions were just to show characters, and the previous ones in small size, but i can try that as a tee composition, see how it looks, thanks

I'd try to include more of your fantastic fish. You've created them, and they're terrific--why not use them? If you vary their scale, it should give the design more depth (where, as it stands, it's kind of flat--this is kind of what I was getting with, with the star stuff). Even overlapping a couple of the fish slightly will help to add to the illusion of depth. Now, this is just me rattling off what I'd do with your basic components... Oh, and while I like your constellation idea, I would worry that it would throw off the focus--I would just use some random stars for context, not for focus.

Hey, and thanks for the crit! As you asked I will return the favor. . .
I think everyone above here mentioned some VERY helpful things you should do, and I would follow most of their advice. I would personally go with creating more different sea creatures than copying/pasting the ones you have and only changing the scale. . .
I also agree that the elements need more unity to work together. And I also think it would be nice to go back and redraw some of these elements to make them more interesting, detailed or stylized. In addition, I think the octopus tentacles DESPERATELY need a better way to mesh into that rocket.
I know it's a lot of harsh stuff, but I'm trying to help!

ill try to work on it next week, ths weekend im gonna see SOILWORK!!, whatever, XD, thanks man, and, is the guy from your picture artie?

The Strongest Man in the World.

Anything you can do to add depth will really help the design. I really like where this is going.

love love love this idea... yesh, to the depth - and more fish! and no to the one on the back!!

how about adding some starfish

i love the characters and this style! i basically agree with what everyone has said. in this layout everything is very straight and in it's place, and makes the image boring.

yeah just fish on front and the seahorse on the back - nice :)

Well, back to my fish, two new characters, im still working on more but thse fuckers take quite a while to draw and color, still dont know if leaving out the machine fish and leave just my squid and astronaut fish, anyways suggestions still welcomed

I wish this was on a cream shirt.. or grey. Love the fishes thou and the little space helmets :] I'd totally wear this.

mm the thing is i think the black gives it the whole space feel to it, ill be adding dsome stars for the fial composition, i dont know how to pull it off on a lighter background, but ill give it a try, see how it works, thanks

=)

Well this is the final go on characters (i hope), i stuck to the astronauts cause they seem to be much more popular (with me too), id like final opinions before i go to composition and placement, the fish are tagged for easier individual criticism ;D, thanks for the feedbakc so far, keep it comin!!!

sub it NOW!

Oh, regarding the squid, olie omplained about the way the tentacles mesh with the body/ship, personally i like the way it is undefined, and kind of if the skin is crawling onto the metal, but if someone else dislikes it or has a better suggestion im all ears

anyone?

so cool

I like the way the squid and rocketship come together. This is amazinggggggg.

bump

mmm i think you should add some... well... you know the rest... ¬¬

add that crab!

I love it.

very cool man... submit this!

cool - how about the position with all the fish?